Nam-Hai Chua FRS () (born 8 April 1944) is a Singaporean botanist. He is an Andrew W. Mellon Emeritus Professor at

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. He is now deputy chairman of Temasek Life Science Laboratory.

Life

He earned a BS from the

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, and an AM and PhD from

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in 1969. He taught at the University of Singapore Medical School, from 1969 to 1971. He was awarded the

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in 2005. He joined Rockefeller University in 1973 and remained there till his retirement from the university. Thereafter, he moved back to Singapore in 2016.

Awards and honors

* Royal Society of London (1988) * Taiwan Academica Sinica (1988) * Chinese Academy of Sciences (2006) * Honorary Doctorate from NTU Singapore (200

* Singapore National Science and Technology Gold Medal (1998) * Singapore Public Administration Gold Medal (2002) * International Prize in Biology (2005) * NUS Distinguished Alumni Service Award 201

* Recognized as a Pioneer Member of the

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References

External links

*http://www.a-star.edu.sg/AwardsScholarships/PresidentsScienceandTechnologyAwards/PastNationalScienceTechnologyAwardsWinners/NSTAWinners1998/WinnerCitationProfChuaNamHai/tabid/628/Default.aspx {{DEFAULTSORT:Chua, Nam-Hai 1944 births Living people Fellows of the Royal Society Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Harvard University alumni National University of Singapore alumni Rockefeller University people Singaporean expatriates in the United States Singaporean people of Chinese descent 21st-century Singaporean biologists